Improvement in hats



A. L. DIAMANT & O. H. TOBIAS.

Hat..-

No. 197,767. Patented Dec. 4, i877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM L. DIAMANT AND CHARLES H. TOBIAS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IM PROVE'MENT IN HATS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 197,767, dated December4, 1877 application filed May 4, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that we, ABRAHAu L. DIA; MANT and CHARLES H. TOBIAS, bothof Oincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and usefulHat-Curl, of which the folscalloped portion or flange, perforated forthe insertion of stitching, by which the curl is attached to thehat-brim, and an upward-extending portion, which constitutes the curlproper.

This curl is produced of the proper shape before attachment to thehat-brim, the flange resting flatly thereupon and securing the properform and position thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahat-brim provided with our improved curl. Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse section of the same. Fig. 3 represents the curl itself, drawnto a larger scale, and ready to be placed upon the hat and sewedthereupon, as represented in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a full-sizedrepresentation of our curl before bending; and Fig. 5 is a full-sizedsection of our curl at its midlength.

A may represent the brim proper. B may represent the customary cloth orother cover, and O the customary marginal wire.

D is our curl, preferably of sheet metal, and cut and punched as shownin Fig. 4, and then bent to the form shown in Figs. 3 and 5that is tosay, with the notched portion d so bent relatively to the portion (1 asto constitute a scalloped flange. The edge of the curl remote from saidflange is preferably doubled, as shown in d, so as to present a smoothand rounded upper edge, around which the cover Bis drawn in finishingthe hat.

Perforations d in the flange (I enable the curl to be stitched to itsplace on the brim, as

shown in Fig. 1. These perforations are preferably punched from abovedownward, as shown in Fig. 5, in order to present the smooth surface ofthe metal sheet to the thread E, and

have in use, the notched flange d sitting firmly upon the brim, anddetermining the position of the rib d, the notches in the flangeenabling the curl to be brought to the precise compound curve indicatedin Figs. 1 and 3 without buckling, and also servingto lighten the hat.

The curls being conterminous with the side portions only of the brim,permit considerable flexibility in the front and rear portions, makingthe hat more agreeable to wear, and less liable to injury than onehaving a comparativel y rigid stiffening-piece entirely around the brim.Such a curl is also more easily and cheaply attached to its brim thanwould be a flangeless' one not already formed to the right shape.

We claim as new and of our invention- 1. The curl D, of sheet metal orits equivalent, having the scalloped and perforated flange d,substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2.. The combination, with a hat-brim, of a pair of flanged curls, D d dd d, attached to opposite sides of the brim, and the interposed cord F,or other soft filling, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of which invention we hereunto set our hands.

' ABRAHAM L. DIAMANT.

CHARLES H. TOBIAS. Attest:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, WALTER KNIGHT.

